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Book burning is the deliberate destruction by fire of books or other written materials, usually carried out in a public context. The burning of books represents an element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. [1]
Qin Shi Huang, the first Chinese emperor, ordered a mass destruction of books for fear of the Confucian ideas that they contained. Bibliophobia is the fear or hatred of books. [1] Such fear often arises from fear of the effect books can have on society or culture. [2]: 2 Bibliophobia is a common cause of censorship and book burning.
Talking about book burning enough can plant the idea in people's minds so that ”people think it’s actually a righteous thing to do." Ali added: “That’s a pretty dangerous game to play.”
The burning of books represents an element of censorship, and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. Book burning can be an act of contempt for the book's contents or author, intended to draw wider public attention to this opinion, or to conceal the information contained in the text ...
Writing Footloose’s book-burning scene. The memorable scene highlights the evolution of antagonist Rev. Shaw Moore (John Lithgow), who convinces his congregation to shun anything he deems as ...
Authors must remain true to their calling, unimpeded by those who may wish to impose limits on their imagination, writes Queen Camilla
Chronic anxiety is often associated with dysesthesia due to extreme stress. [2] Patients with this anxiety may experience numbness or tingling in the face. In one study, those patients that were examined psychologically had symptoms of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, or somatic symptom disorder. [3]
The painting Stańczyk, which contains a depiction of the sad clown paradox. The sad clown paradox is the contradictory association, in performers, between comedy and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety.